Category Archives: Floating Petals
THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR
July 09, 2017
Unlike most cutting room floors, the Floating Petals Cutting Room Floor is not filled with rejected photos scattered on the ground or of flower stems that have been cut only to be swept up and thrown away. Instead, it's filled with varying perspectives of lovely flowers from bud to bloom that are captured in my lens. The weekend addition, the Cutting Room Floor, has developed organically from my s...
Read MoreNO WEEDING REQUIRED
July 02, 2017
I love my perennial and cutting gardens in Vermont. There is always something to be planning all year round. I get the chance to peruse the flowers and seeds at the local garden centers and catalogs, plan each garden, play in the dirt, and watch a living painting emerge in our backyard, giving me joy all spring, summer and fall. Yet another lesson flowers have to teach me: to let go and let it ha...
Read MoreWOMEN ON THE GO! GO! GO!
June 18, 2017
I have often thought of the woman who works in the offices I described in my last blog post, and the woman whose office is her car, as she runs every which way to take care of all of the people in her world. For me, these women represent women on the Go! Go! Go!; caring for kids, a parent, friend, lover, someone in need, or log-jammed in a demanding job. But she is also that searcher, that seeker ...
Read MoreA BOUQUET ON EVERY DESK…
June 11, 2017
My office is a very personal space for me. It’s a space that motivates me, encourages me, and inspires me. I have spent many days in clients’ offices, too, and have not always felt so inspired. I’ve been to corporate offices that are football fields of cubicles under fluorescent lighting. I’ve both worked in them and spent many days wondering how to make such a space inspiring. I thought,...
Read MoreA SIMPLE REMINDER: A POST-IT NOTE
June 04, 2017
I’m a huge fan of Post-it® notes, and have written more than my share of them. Everything from the simple reminder to take out the trash to writing “Cheers” to my husband and placing it next to his wine glass as I’m leaving for an evening at book club. Recently, I came across one in our hotel room, on the bed frame, that read, “Your duvet covers and sheets are clean for your arrival.”...
Read MoreYOU COULD WIN A ‘GARDEN IN A BAG!’
May 21, 2017
Floating Petals is a labor of love from my heart. It’s about creating meaningful moments with flowers and needed distractions that are meant to rejuvenate you throughout the week; to let you forget the craziness of life and the thoughts that take over especially during challenging times. It’s the respite one needs every once in awhile. It’s nothing grand. It’s simple, and with that, lovely...
Read MoreLOGOS AND ICONS
August 11, 2015
It’s amazing how much can go into creating a logo for a business. I have experienced it many times as I have designed logos for other businesses including our company, M30 Productions, as well as for Floating Petals. In designing the logo for Floating Petals, I wanted to include an icon of a flower, but at the time I didn’t realize what a significant role that icon would play. ...
Read MoreMY CUTTING ROOM FLOOR
May 19, 2015
Unlike most cutting room floors, my Cutting Room Floor is not filled with rejected photos scattered on the ground or of flower stems that have been cut only to be swept up and thrown away. Instead, it's filled with lovely flowers from bud to bloom that are captured in my lens. The weekend addition, the Cutting Room Floor, has developed organically from my signature Wednesday's Flower to expanding ...
Read MoreLEARNING MY VALUE
April 21, 2015
I was watching the Today Show recently and saw an interview with Mika Brzezinski who co-hosts 'Cup A Joe'. She has written a book called Knowing Your Value and has a new one coming out in May called Grow Your Value. In conjunction with her new book release, she has partnered with Johnson and Johnson and created a day seminar and contest. So, I checked it out online and decided to enter...what was ...
Read MoreWHAT SHOULD I NAME MY BUSINESS…
April 07, 2015
Floating Petals or Floating Pedals? For me it was a pretty obvious choice, and I also thought it was for the customer service representative on the phone filling out my credit card application. He asked me all of the pertinent questions and even took the time to kindly inquire about my business, my passion, and I answered him with much enthusiasm. At the end of the phone call, he let me know I wo...
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